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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Blog tour companies and promoters<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I like participating in blog tours. The cost is reasonable with most of them and my book reaches a wider and more interested audience. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I suggest researching the blog tour promotion companies for genre matching, cost, types of packages and response time to your questions. Also, when looking for a good fit for your book tour, contacting other authors is a good idea. Ask them about the process with the blog tour person, if they liked or disliked the company and if they would use them again or not.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I went with Goddessfish because they offer a great selection of tours, great pricing and are extremely responsive. One caveat is depending on the type of tour you choose, you might be required to write guest posts for each stop on the tour. You also will be required to respond to posters on each blog. There are other considerations and if you do not have the time to commit to a tour, it might not be for you. But I love them and find the guest post writing fresh and challenging for me, especially after being immersed in my book for a year. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here’s the list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Love Books Tours<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://kellylacey.com/love-books-tours/">https://kellylacey.com/love-books-tours/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.rachelsrandomresources.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Rachael’s Random Resources</span></b></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868;background:white'> – Open to all genres in fiction and for non-fiction books, you will need to contact her! Supports both indie and traditionally published books.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868'><br><span style='background:white'>– </span></span><a href="https://www.rachelsrandomresources.com/for-authors" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>“Services” page</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Lola’s Blog Tours</span></strong></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868;background:white'> – Accepts fiction as well as non-fiction. With blog tours, review copies are available as well on her website.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868'><br><span style='background:white'>– </span></span><a href="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/services/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>“Services” page</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://turnthepagetours.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Turn The Page Tours</span></b></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868;background:white'> – Again, the services are free (According to the information the their page.). Mostly interested in Ya (all genres), but accepts specific Middle Grade Books and limited amount of New Adult and Adult Books!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868'><br><span style='background:white'>– </span></span><a href="https://turnthepagetours.wordpress.com/contact/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>“Services” page</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.thebookterminal.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none'>The Book Terminal Tours</span></strong></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868;background:white'> (closed) – From pre-order campaigns to promoting indie as well as traditionally published authors and they also promote the bloggers! They even promote other book tour companies!!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#686868'><br><span style='background:white'>– “</span></span><a href="https://www.thebookterminal.com/types-of-tours" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A1E48;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Services” page</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:13.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Roboto'><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/0b7f678cc80cbe1b/Documents/%0dVirtual%20Book%20Tours%20–%20Goddess%20Fish%20Promotions%0dGoddess%20Fish%20Promotions%0dhttps:/www.goddessfish.com ›%20virtual-book-tours%20%0d"><span class=MsoSmartlink>Virtual Book Tours – Goddess Fish Promotions</span></a></span></b></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto'><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/0b7f678cc80cbe1b/Documents/%0dVirtual%20Book%20Tours%20–%20Goddess%20Fish%20Promotions%0dGoddess%20Fish%20Promotions%0dhttps:/www.goddessfish.com ›%20virtual-book-tours%20%0d"><span class=MsoSmartlink>Goddess Fish Promotions</span></a></span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><a href="https://d.docs.live.net/0b7f678cc80cbe1b/Documents/%0dVirtual%20Book%20Tours%20–%20Goddess%20Fish%20Promotions%0dGoddess%20Fish%20Promotions%0dhttps:/www.goddessfish.com ›%20virtual-book-tours%20%0d"><span class=MsoSmartlink>https://www.goddessfish.com › virtual-book-tours </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F1F1F'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Services page: <a href="https://www.goddessfish.com/virtual-book-tours/">https://www.goddessfish.com/virtual-book-tours/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ann Chiappetta, MS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President, Friends In Art, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:president@friendsinart.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>president@friendsinart.org</span></a> <a href="http://www.friendsinart.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.friendsinart.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>914.393.6605 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.annchiappetta.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Metropolis-Regular;color:black;background:white'>Trust your dreams. Trust your heart and trust your story. Neil Gaiman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>